A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Watubuku in Indonesia on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude 122.8839 East, latitude -8.7236 South, depth = 117.82 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 117.82 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 04/01/18 / 2018-01-04 13:26:32 / January 4, 2018 @ 1:26 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 21:26:32 / 9:26 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000c0nc. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000c0nc.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Maumere (c. 47 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maumere.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 20 km SE of Watubuku, Indonesia.
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